The Delhi High Court (HC) has said that Twitter was in total non-compliance of the Information Technology (IT) Rules. In this regard, the court has now granted Twitter one week time as a last opportunity to file better affidavits showing its compliance.
The court further ordered that the affidavit to be filed must clearly state the details of the third-party contract worker Twitter has appointed as its chief compliance officer and resident grievance officer. It also asked Twitter to furnish reasons as to why a nodal contact person was not appointed until now, and by when such a person would be appointed.
In this regard, Twitter has assured the court that a clearly worded and transparent affidavit would be filed by the company. Further, it added that the company has separately written to the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) informing it of the appointments, and that the ministry was yet to respond to the company.
The next hearing is scheduled to be held on August 6, 2021.
